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Obituary - Edna Schwartz
On February 8, 2009, Edna Schwartz, 88, passed away. She was survived by two daughters, one son, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Donations can be sent to Winchester Garden Holiday Fund, c/o Winchester Gardens, 333 Elmwood Ave., Maplewood, NJ 07040.
Edna came to the Foundation in March 1979 as an Administrative Assistant to Mr. Milfred Fierce on the South Africa Project of the Foreign Policy Study Foundation, which was housed here. She joined our staff in March 1983 as a part-time Secretary in the Office of the President, assigned to the Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Buzz Tenny. In November 1983, Edna joined our full-time staff as Secretary to the late Thomas Bayard, Program Officer, International Affairs Program in the US & International Affairs Programs (USIAP). She was promoted to Supervising Secretary, Latin America and Caribbean Program, USIAP (headed by Thomas Trebat) in October 1989 until her retirement in May 1993. Edna worked for a short time after her retirement as part-time temporary Secretary in the Office of Human Resources from July to September 1993.
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